# Fukui Station (Fukui)

Fukui Station (福井駅, Fukui-eki) is a railway station in Fukui, Fukui Prefecture, Japan, operated by West Japan Railway Company (JR West) and the private railway operator Echizen Railway.

## Lines

Fukui Station is served by the following railway companies and lines:
* JR West
** Hokuriku Shinkansen
** Etsumi-Hoku Line (This line formally begins at Echizen-Hanandō Station, but trains run through into this station)
* Hapi-Line Fukui
** Hapi-Line Fukui Line
* Echizen Railway
** Katsuyama Eiheiji Line
** Mikuni Awara Line (This line formally begins at Fukuiguchi Station, but trains run through into this station)
A tram stop in front of the station, Fukui-eki Station (福井駅停留場, Fukui-eki teiryūjō), is served by:
* Fukui Railway
** Fukubu Line

## Station layout

The JR West station has a "Midori no Madoguchi" staffed ticket office.

### JR West & Hapi-Line Fukui

The JR West and Hapi-Line Fukui portion of the station consists of two island platforms and five tracks located in the above-ground portion of Fukui Station. The Shinkansen platform consists of a single island platform serving 2 tracks.

#### Tracks

| 1・3 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Daishoji, Kanazawa |
| 2 | ■ Etsumi-Hoku Line (Kuzuryu Line) | for Kuzuryūko |
| 4・5 | ■ Hapi-Line Fukui Line | for Takefu, Tsuruga |
| 11 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Kanazawa, Tokyo |
| 12 | ■ Hokuriku Shinkansen | for Tsuruga |
* The station building in Taisho era
* West entrance in September 2018
* The station building seen from above in March 2015
* "Dinosaur Professor" sculpture

### Echizen Railway

On the east side of the station, Echizen Railway has two tracks serving one temporary island platform located atop the future Shinkansen viaduct until construction of its own permanent elevated station is completed.

#### Tracks

| 1 | ■ Mikuni Awara Line | for Nishi-Nagata and Mikuni-Minato |
| 2 | ■ Katsuyama Eiheiji Line | for Eiheijiguchi and Katsuyama |
* Temporary station building in October 2015
* Station building in July 2018
* Sculptures of dinosaurs outside the Echizen Railway platforms

## Adjacent stations

| « | Service | » |
| Etsumi Hoku Line |||||
| Terminus | Local | Echizen-Hanandō |
| Hapi-Line Fukui Line |||||
| Sabae | Rapid | Terminus |
| Echizen-Hanandō | Local | Morita |
| Echizen Railway Mikuni-Awara Line |||||
| Terminus | Local | Shin-Fukui |
| Echizen Railway Katsuyama-Eiheiji Line |||||
| Terminus | Local | Shin-Fukui |
| Fukui Railway Fukubu Line (Fukui-eki Station) |||||
| Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi | Special Limited Express | Terminus |
| Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi | Limited Express | Terminus |
| Fukui Castle Ruins-daimyomachi | Local | Terminus |

## History
### JR Fukui Station

What is now the JR West station opened on 15 July 1896. With the privatization of JNR on 1 April 1987, the station came under the control of JR West. On 18 April 2005 a new station building and "Prism Fukui" shopping mall opened.
Construction of the platforms serving the Hokuriku Shinkansen was completed in August 2022. The Hokuriku Shinkansen extension to Tsuruga was opened on 16 March 2024.

### Echizen Railway Fukui Station

Kyoto Dentō Echizen Electric Railway Line Fukui Station opened on 21 September 1929. The station became part of the Keifuku Electric Railroad on 2 March 1942, with the line being renamed Echizen Main Line. The station became part of the Echizen Railway on 2 February 2003. Train services were restored on 20 July 2003.

### Fukui Railway Fukui-eki Station

Fukui-Ekimae Station on the Fukui Railway Fukubu Line was originally located approximately 150 meters to the west of the JR station. On 27 March 2016, the station was relocated as Fukui-eki Station to the square in front of the west building of the JR station.
* Fukui-Ekimae Station in September 2007
* Site of Fukui-Ekimae Station in April 2016
* New Fukui-eki Station in April 2016

## Surrounding area
### West Exit

* Former site of Fukui Castle, now home to the Fukui Prefectural Government Building and Fukui Prefectural Police Department Headquarters
* Fukui City Hall
* NHK Fukui Broadcasting Station
* Fukui Broadcasting Hall
* Fukui International Activities Plaza
* Fukui District Court
* Fukui District Prosecutor's Office
* Fukui Tax Office
* Fukui Chamber of Commerce
* Asuwayama Park

### East Exit

* Echizen Railway Fukui Station
* AOSSA building, home to the Fukui Prefectural Civic Hall and Fukui Municipal Sakuragi Library
* Wel City Fukui (Fukui Employee's Pension Hall)
* Fukui Prefectural Koshi High School
* Fukui Municipal Baseball Stadium
* Fukui Local Meteorological Observatory